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  • YouTube goes live with Comedy Week

  • 22/05/2013

  • Combining old and new media stars with plenty of hype, can YouTube Comedy Week close the gap between internet success and its equivalent in the mainstream media?

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  • Leftover profits: Rubies in the Rubble

  • 21/05/2013

  • Each year, almost half of the world's food is thrown away. Putting it to wider social and commercial use, start-up Rubies in the Rubble makes gourmet chutneys from surplus fruit and veg.

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  • Target brings Facebook users in-store

  • 20/05/2013

  • As e-commerce expands, brands are rethinking their business models to cater to shifting consumer habits. Cartwheel is a collaboration between US retail titan Target and Facebook.

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  • BT Sport: from broadband to broadcast

  • 16/05/2013

  • Broadcast and broadband are increasingly fused, and while BSkyB hopes to eat into BT's broadband market share, BT is responding by moving into BSkyB's turf: television.

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  • Dornbracht: the rise of the spa bathroom

  • 15/05/2013

  • Applying 'smart' technology in fresh and innovative ways, Dornbracht's Smart Water seamlessly connects bathroom components while providing a plethora of customisation options.

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  • Makr Shakr: bottom-up bar culture

  • 14/05/2013

  • As technological advancements increasingly place power in the hands of consumers, conceptual bar Makr Shakr is providing a taste of the foreseeable future.

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  • SmartThings: integrating physical and digital lives

  • 13/05/2013

  • SmartThings enables true human-computer interaction by ensuring that everything we own – electronic and otherwise – is part of the conversation.

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  • Calorie neutral: Miele’s vision of balanced consumption

  • 09/05/2013

  • Calorie neutral pop-up restaurant Steam was a vision of responsible indulgence. It met a growing demand for balance, and proved that domestic appliances need not be boring.

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